News - June 2015

Sporting a cape and a mask, Jacey Paul of Loveland, 5, makes a big bubble Monday, June 1, 2015, during the Super Hero Party, the Loveland Public Library's kickoff for the summer reading program. Kids decorated masks and capes, played with bubbles, had their faces painted and more. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

City employee Rod Parks uses a belly boat to herd orphaned ducklings to the edge of Foote Lagoon while other city employees wait to rescue them with a swimming pool net on Monday, June 1, 2015. (Photo by Duncan Young/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Ducklings sit safely inside a storage tub Monday, June 1, 2015, after being rescued by city employees. (Photo by Duncan Young/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Bob Campagna, left, drops off copies of the student-made Big Thompson Almanac to Nina Taylor, right, at the Loveland Visitor's Center on Monday, June 1, 2015. This is the second year of the almanac, which benefits the LISA program in the school. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Ducklings swim in Foote Lagoon in Loveland on Monday, June 1, 2015, before city employees rescued them. (Photo by Duncan Young/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Kids listen as children's librarian Cindi Pfeiffer, holding book, reads a story about a super hero Tuesday, June 2, 2015, during a Storyteller in the Park program at Sunnyside Park in downtown Loveland. From left are Krista Herley, 4, Talon Moritz, 4, and Adelyn Herley, 2. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Crews work Wednesday, June 3, 2015, on the roof of the historic Feed and Grain building in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Daphne Spillman, far right, holds her daughter Brielle Spillman, 2, as she finds a pretend peice of kryptonite Tuesday, June 2, 2015, during a Storyteller in the Park program with a super hero theme at Sunnyside Park in downtown Loveland. Big sister Isabelle Spillman, 5, bottom, also looks for kryptonite. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Kimberly Luallin, left, has lunch with her daughter Arielle Sweeney, right, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at the newly opened Origins wine bar and wood fired pizza restaurant at Lincoln Place in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Hoff Construction employees Thomas Ptack, left, and Erick Arana, work Tuesday, June 2, 2015, to dig out and grade an area for a new sidewalk at the Benson Sculpture Garden Park in Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Attendees of the Celebrating Community Heroes dinner Tuesday at Embassy Suites Loveland lift their paddles to show their financial gifts to the American Red Cross Northern Colorado Chapter on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Photo by Shelley Widhalm/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Elise Haddick, 9, center, Bryson Smith, 9, left, and Cameron Kendall, 5, right, watch compact discs with a black and white pattern spin on the floor as they look for colors Wednesday, June 3, 2015, during the Wacky Science day, the first of five Wacky Wednesday's at the Garbage Garage in Fort Collins. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

The intersection of St. Louis Avenue and First Street in downtown Loveland Thursday, June 4, 2015, where a man was shot and killed late Wednesday night. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Hecotr Gonzalez, right, owner of Elite Auto and Truck Repair, talks Thursday, June 4, 2015, about the fatal shooting that occured Wednesday night down the street from his business near the corner of St. Louis Avenue and First Street in Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Granddaughters of the Loveland shooting victim, Sadie Rogers, 15, front, and Ciera Rogers, 14, back, get condolence hugs Thursday, June 4, 2015, from friends Sam Hinde, far left, and Emmett Pelissier, back, near the corner of St. Louis Avenue and First Street in Loveland, where the vicitim was found late Wednesday night with a gunshot wound. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Jacob Moya, a Loveland resident who lives in the neighborhood where a fatal shooting occured Wednesday night, talks Thursday, June 4, 2015, about how he heard a gunshot near the corner of St. Louis Avenue and First Street in Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Flowers sit at the scene Thursday, June 4, 2015, of a fatal shooting that happened late Wednesday night at St. Louis Avenue and First Street in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Loveland Police Chief Luke Hecker, center, and members of the Northern Colorado task force who are investigating a series of shootings in northern Colorado, speak Thursday, June 4, 2015, to members of the press about a fatal shooting that happened in Loveland late Wednesday night. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Loveland resident Ben Gowen talks to a news crew Thursday, June 4, 2015, about the fatal shooting in Loveland late Wednesday night near the corner of St. Louis Avenue and First Street in Loveland. Gowen said "I'm not sonna be taking any walks here at night." (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Loveland Police Chief Luke Hecker, center left, and members of the Northern Colorado task force who are investigating a series of shootings in northern Colorado, speak Thursday, June 4, 2015, to members of the press about a fatal shooting that happened in Loveland late Wednesday night. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Amber and Fred Pelon try to salvage photos, clothes and keepsakes Friday, June 5, 2015, at their friend's home that was obliterated by the tornado west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

David Moore, center, Larimer County Sherrif's Office public information officer, and now pulic inofrmation officer for the Northern Colorado task force who are investigating a series of shootings in northern Colorado, speaks Thursday, June 4, 2015, to members of the press about a fatal shooting that happened in Loveland late Wednesday night. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Standing in the basement where he, family members, and his prized collection of Nike tennis shoes and Air Jordan's survied, Brandon Scott talks Friday, June 5, 2015, about the pressure he felt as a tornado tocuhed down west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Part of a BBQ grill sits in a field near an uprooted tree Friday, June 5, 2015, after a tornado west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Crews work Friday, June 5, 2015, on Larimer County Road 2 where a bridge was destroyed by a tornado west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Brandon Scott dumps water out of his daughter's shoes Friday, June 5, 2015, after a tornado damaged his home west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Fred Pelon carries coats he found in the rubble that used to be his friend's home Friday, June 5, 2015, after it was destroyed by a tornado west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Family photos lay among other rubble Friday, June 5, 2015, at Brandon Scott's home that was damaged by the tornado west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Juliette, a dog who went missing during the tornado but returned home, looks around as friends try to salvage photos, clothes and keepsakes Friday, June 5, 2015, at their friend's home that was obliterated by the tornado west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Brandon Scott's dog, Baxter, walks around near a wall of his house on the ground Friday, June 5, 2015, after a tornado damaged his home west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

A rocking horse lays among the rubble at Brandon Scott's home Friday, June 5, 2015, after a tornado damaged his home west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Standing in his living room, minus the roof and a wall, Brandon Scott talks Friday, June 5, 2015, about the path the tornado took after it touched down west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Brandon Scott cleans up Friday, June 5, 2015, after a tornado tore off his roof and one wall of his home west of Berthoud Thursday evening. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

A Ken doll lays among the rubble Friday, June 5, 2015, after a tornado demolished a home west of Berthoud Thursday evening. Friends and family who were helping clean up joked that Barbie died. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Crews use scaffolding Monday, June 8, 2015, while working on the exterior of the historic Loveland Opera House on the southwest corner of Cleveland Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Loveland. The scaffolding will come down soon so folks can see the new brick work. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Jeff Huttinga, right, and Jerry Campbell, left, Creative Construction Company employees, talk Monday, June 8, 2015, about the work they have done so far to the space that will soon house Dunkin' Donuts in the Palmer Gardens shopping center in Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

The original stage at the historic Loveland Opera House, seen Monday, June 8, 2015, has been exposed, showing it's unique octagonal shape, while crews work to restore the buildng on the southwest corner of Cleveland Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

The back of the historic Loveland Opera House where crews have not worked on the exterior bricks on Monday, June 8, 2015, in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Francisco Marrufo hangs drywall Monday, June 8, 2015, in one of the office spaces at the historic Loveland Opera House on the southwest corner of Cleveland Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

The exterior of the front of the historic Loveland Opera House on Monday, June 8, 2015, in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

One of the skylights in the historic Loveland Opera House on Monday, June 8, 2015, in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Layers of plaster, paint and wallpaper are seen on the wall in the historic Loveland Opera House on Monday, June 8, 2015, in downtown Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

The City Council authorized staff members to move forward with the purchase of this property at 201 N. Lincoln, seen Wednesday, June 10, 2015, on Tuesday night to include in the downtown redevelopment South Catalyst project. The city has been in negotiations with the property owner for more than a year. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Drivers make their way through high water Thursday, June 11, 2015, on Boise Avenue south of Eisenhower Boulevard after heavy rain in Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Christina Edelen, left, and John Vargas share a laugh while trying to get water out of Edelen's little sister's bedroom Thursday, June 11, 2015, after heavy rain caused water to flood the room at 2927 Sanford Circle in north Loveland. (Photo by Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)